Means for detaching and delivering lengths of paper



Apr. 24, 1923. 1,452,621

K E. STEPHEN MEANS FOR DETACHING AND DELIVERING LENGTHS OF PAPERFileisepf. 14, 1922 f-o 2 sheets-Sheet l Apr.' 24, 1923. 1,452,621

E. STEPHEN MEANS FR DETACHING AND DELIVERING LENGTHS 0F PAPER Filedsept. 14, 1922 2 sheets-Shasta l Figi,

Patented senza, leas. l

STTES? EDWARD srnrnsiv, or Menorvnsirnn, nNqrLANn.

EQBQETAQHiNsAND 'DELlvsnlns or ,PARER- k appnapqaaiea seiner/iper ifi,i922. serial No. ssazsi. i

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that LEDWARD STEPHEN, a subject of the King of Great Britainand Ireland, :and resident oflO' Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park,Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England', have inventedv certainnew and useful Improved l\/Ieans for Detaching and Delivering Lengths ofPeper Or thelke from `2i R011, ,OVi/hh th 1.0 following is aspecification. i invention Irelatesto means for zdetaching anddeliveringflengths lOf palper, cai'itboard and the likej'froim 'a'rollandfniore particularly to adevice for ,detachingtick ets froma rollwhich is perforated to faciliwie the separation @f the tickets, the@bien being to provide a simpele"andefficientar-` rangement of mechanismwhich is.reliable'in4 its'action and readily operated.

In accordance with invention, the device comprises two pairs ofcoi-operating rollers, the one ypair serving to feed the paper or thelike to the other pair, and the latter pair (which has a greaterperipheral speed than the former) serving to detach the individuallengths of paperor the like at the perforations. The two pairs ofrollers are rotated positively by a hand or foot lever or otherconvenient means oper-V ating by means of pawl and ratchet mech anismwhich allows of the operation of the rollers by the levers when thelatter is movingin one direction only.

The mechanism is enclosed'within a suitable box or casing having aninlet slot through which the paper from the roll is fed to the feedingpairv of rollers and a discharge shoot through which the individualtickets or lengths of paper are delivered.V

40 The operating handle projects through a slot in the boxor casing, thelength of the slot being such that when the lever hasbeen moved from topto bottom thereof, one ticket r is delivered from the machine. Or thehan- 4" dle may be secured upon a spindle projecting through the casing.A carrier plate or guide is arranged between the two pairs of rollers,the distance between the nips of said rollers may be equal to or greaterthany the length of each individual ticket.

With the arrangement before. described whenl the operating lever isactuated, the feeding rollers deliver a ticket to the nip of theseparating rollers which, by reason of their greater peripheral speed,exert a drawingl action on the ticket, separating it from the what' theLperra-ations.

The rollers may 'be made or covered with any L'suitable n'iaterial.'A-Vhen it is'ld'esire'd to utilize my yimproved mechanism for separatingand zdeseparating orfdelivering'rollers' sothat'a portion only ofjtheperipheral surface of jeachJrolle-i-"can engage the-`t1cket the re- Iifthe periphery beingcut 'awaytor set back. VVithf'this arrangement, the'"feedf agallas deliver rhefecka'so'tm are raidperforationisI just1kbeyond the nip ofj the separating rollersfwhen theI actiifeprtions of`the Iperipheries obfjsaid rollers engage the 'ticket and detach it fromthe'roll.l "By this means', 'I prevent the ticket-being torni-at f themidperforations.

Referring to the two accompanying sheets Y of explanatory drawings 2,-

Figure l is a front elevation, Figure 2 a side elevation and Figure 3 aback elevation of a ticket separating and delivering machine made inaccordance with my invention. A Figure 4 is a side elevation and Figure5 a front elevation sho-wing a modified arrangement of machine.

`The same reference letters in the differ-y ent views indicate the sameor similar parts.

The tickets in roll form are carried by the spindle a vbetween theconical collars b, c thereon. The end of'f'the roll is threaded throughthe slotd in the casing e and between the pairsV of rollers f andvg. Thespindles of said rollers carry spur wheels 7L, z' which are rotatedeither directly by the large wheel j or through carrier pinionslc asshown. A ratchet wheel m is secured upon the spindle carrying the largewheel j and is rotated by a pawl n upon the handle o, the latter beinglowered when it is desired to deliver a ticket. A spring p returns thehandle to its uppermost position.

A channel or guide' is provided for the tickets passing betweentherollers f and (y. The tickets delivered from the rollers g pass down andrest in the end of the chute r.

A door s is provided on the casing topermit of ready access to themechanism.

ln service, the tickets are fed by the rollers fito the nip oftheseparating rollers g which roll at the perforations.

In the arrangement shown at Figures 4 and 5, the. separating rollers gare made with a port-ion of their peripheries recessed orcut away asshown. The rollers f are rotated from the spur wheel jl but the rollersg which are geared together are rotated from the handle o by a rack fw.The stroke of the handle o is limited by the stop so that any desiredlength of ticket may be passed `through the rollers and g before thelatter rollers nip it and separate it from the ticket roll. Thisarrangement may be particularly7 advantageous for use with ticketshaving mid-perforations. The rollers g then nip the ticket between theperforations, where. separation is to be effected, and themid-perforations.

I do not limit myself to the yparticular means shown for rotating theseparating rollers g as these may` be operated by any known means whichallow of the variation 0f the time at which they nip the tickets fromthe rollers f.

I elaima-f n l. Means for =detaching and delivering lengths of paper orthe like from a roll,

comprising two pairs of rollers, means for rotating the. same withdifferential surface speeds, one pair of the rollers drawing the rolland the other pair separating the individual lengths and delivering thesame, as set forth.

2. Means as claimed in claim l, wherein an operating handle is providedand is operably associated with the pairs of rollers and means forreturning the handle to its initial position, as set forth.

3. `Means as claimed in claim l, wherein a guide is provided between therespective pairs of rollers and al delivery chute and holder operativelyassociated with the means, as set forth. y

4l. Means as claimed in claim l, wherein the operating and deliveryrollers are formed with recessed peripheral portions, as set forth.

5. Means as claimed in claim l, wherein a manually operable handle isprovided, gearing associated with both pairs of rollers, pawl andratchet mechanism operably arranged between the gearing and handle, andmeansk for returning the handle to its initial -position as set forth.

EDWARD STEPHEN.

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